cassiterite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cassiterite
1855–60; < Greek kassíter ( os ) tin + -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Cassiterite is the main component of tin oxide.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Cassiterite, wolframite, coltan: they might be the spoiled offspring of celebrity parents, or characters from an unfamiliar fairytale.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Cassiterite, ka-sit′e-rīt, n. a brown native tin dioxide.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Cassiterite occurs as a pseudomorph after orthoclase felspar in some of the altered granite of Cornwall, and it has occasionally been found as a cementing material in certain brecciated lodes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
Cassiterite usually occurs as veins or impregnations in granitic rocks, and is especially associated with the quartz-mica rock called greisen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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